Veneer-clamp.



No. 858.921. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907. J. H. TALGE. VENEER CLAMP. ArruoulonHmm lun. 1. mov.

No. 858,921l PATBNTED JULY 2, 1907.

J. E. TALGE.

VENEER CLAMP. APPLIQA'TION FILED mm1. 1907. l

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VENEER-CLAMP;

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, JouN H, TsiLGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veneer-Clamps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is t produce a simple yet eiieient means bywhich two 'veneers may be brought together edge to edge and connected.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 a plan; Fig. 3 a bottom view; Fig.4 a vertical section showing aroll of prepared jointing tapeconveniently mounted; Fig; 5 a sectional detail showing the means forsupporting and controlling the adjustable member; Fig. 6 a similardetail of the non-adjustable member, and- Fig. 7 a perspective `View of'a convenient iron for quickly drying aprepared jointing tape;

'.side of its middle, is a clamping bahr'12'-providdat each end with apin 13 which extends vdownthrough table 10. For convenience ofadjustmentlllqjlrread` the upper end of each pin 13 andprovidestheb'a'r112 with a threaded thimble'14th e arrangement being such 4that:pin 13 maybevertieally adj'ustedin lbar.

12.and,held in any desired adj'u'stm'entby a che'lr nut.

15. r Each pin 13 is pivotecl at its lowerend 'tqrie'ar'm ot 'hell-cranklever 16 pivoted on the lowe sident 'thdL table 10. The opposite armsof' lever 16 are connected by links 17 to opposite sid es of arockinghead l18 pivoted on a pin, 19 onl the underside of table 10,

the arrangement being such that, by shifting head 18,

'the two levers 16 may be simultaneouslyfswung and the bar 12 raisedfrom or lowered toward the table l0.

Passing through table adjacent each 'pin 13 isa similar pin 20, threadedat its upper end to receive a nut 21,v and at its upper endpivoted toone arm of a lever 22 like lever 1 6. The opposite arms oi' lever 22 areconnected by links with a head 24 pivot-ed on pin 1 9, and the two heads1 8 and 24 are provided with convenient handles 18 and 24 respectively.Threadl ed upon the upper end of each pin beneath nut 21 is a thimble25.

Mounted on the two thimbles 25,` 25 isa clamping bar 26 similar to thebar 12 but provided on its lower face' with a rough material, such assand-- paper 27 Bar 26 has a limited transverse play on each tliimblef25 (the hole 26 \being a little larger than the stem of In the drawings10 indicates a main Work table supl Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led March '7I 1907. Serial No. 361,103.

pendently shifting one of said/bars' relative to the other Patented J'illy 2, 1907.

the. thimble) and provided upon eachl thimble is a lever 30. The shortarm of lever 30 is pivoted, at 31, to bar'26 while the long arms areextended toward 455 each other to near the middle of the machine.

1f prepa-red jointing tape is to be used, a'roll 40' of suchtape may bejournaled at one end of the apparatus on a bracket 451.

In operation; the two levers 18" and 24 are thrown -60 apart so astolift the bars 12 and 26 up away from tablo\,

10. Two strips of veneer, having been .previously prepared at theiredges, are thus slipped beneath the clamps, as indicated -in dottedlines in Fig."2, the-ad'- jacent edges being brought approximately intoen#v 65ft gagement. Levers 18 and 24 are then brought to' A- gether soas to clamp the veneers down upon thel table.- The operator then graspsvlevers 3() and, by

swinging these levers-"independently the bar 26 lmay be transverselyshifted relative to bar 12 and, because 70 of its roughened undersurface and the smoothz'suriace of "table 1f), the veneery beneath' thisbar will be shifted relative to the other veneer until the two yedges oithe veneers are brought into Contact through` out their entire length.Thereupon' the edges are -securedtogether in any desired manner. Forinstance,

" thegprepared tape 40 is applied and quickly dried by aheated iron50,701* in any desired manner. The

leverslS and.24 are then separated, the connectedl veneers withdrawn,and the operation repeated,

. I'claimilas my invention:

1. Inra veneer clamp, the comhination, \vith a support, of a pair ofclamping bars thereon, means for raising ahd lowering said bars, andmeans for independently shifting, one of said bars relative to the otherboth transversely 3f and angular-ly.

' 2. In a veneer clamp, the combination, with a support, of a pair ofclamping bars thereon, means foi-,independently raising and loweringsaid bars, and means for indetransversely nnd angular-ly. v

3. In a veneer clamp, the combination, with a support` ing table, of apairof clamping bars thereon, a pair of pins carried by each ofsaidbars'and projecting downward through the table, means engaging onepair of pins for shifting the same simultaneously through the tableinde# 'pendent eans engaging the other pair of pins for thesamemdimulta'neously throughgthetable, and n1 i shifting one of saidbars transversely on its pins.4

4. In a veneer clamp, the combination, with a sup ing table, of a pairof clamping bars thereon, n pair of pins carried by each of said barsand projecting downward. 'through the table, means engaging one pair 'ofpins for shiftingr the same simultaneously through the table, inde`pendent means engaging the other pair of'pins forshifting 10 the sameVsimul'tflueously through the table, a puir'of le vers each pivoted onone of'said last mentioned] pinsand-v connected with the clamping barcarried thereon, whereby said bar may be shifted transversely-on itspins:

' 5; 1n.a' venerclainp', the combination, with o.. supportA vlng vt,able f a pair of clamping'bars-tllereon, u'pajr of plus carried `by echof, said bars `and projeeting downward through the 4alble, Va-bell-'crank lever supportingerich 'of sld pins, v:1 pair'o'f links'conneclted with the's'aid levers of one clamping bai', u ,frocking headconnecting said links,

nd second-'pair of links connected t'o the leversof the.fothler-iclampingbavr, a second rocking head connecting said -to theother clamping har.

1n witness whereof. I, have hereunto sot my lmnd und seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this sx'teenth day of February, A. D.`onethousand nine hundred and Seven.

V JOHN l'I. TALGE. [L s.]

Witnesses ARTHUR M. HOOD, THOMAS .W. MCMEANS.

